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2007 Oregon Ducks football team

2007 Oregon Ducks football
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Sun Bowl Champions
Sun Bowl vs. South Florida, W 56–21
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 24
AP No. 23
2007 record 9–4 (5–4 Pac-10)
Head coach Mike Bellotti (13th year)
Offensive coordinator Chip Kelly (1st year)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinator Nick Aliotti (11th year)
Base defense 4–3
Captain Patrick Chung
Captain Dennis Dixon
Captain A.J. Tuitele
Captain Max Unger
Home stadium Autzen Stadium (c. 54,000, FieldTurf)
Uniform
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Seasons
« 2006 2008 »
2007 Pacific-10 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#3 USC +   7 – 2         11 – 2  
#16 Arizona State +   7 – 2         10 – 3  
#25 Oregon State   6 – 3         9 – 4  
#23 Oregon   5 – 4         9 – 4  
UCLA   5 – 4         6 – 7  
Arizona   4 – 5         5 – 7  
California   3 – 6         7 – 6  
Washington State   3 – 6         5 – 7  
Stanford   3 – 6         4 – 8  
Washington   2 – 7         4 – 9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
1 2 3 4 Total
Houston 7 10 10 0 27
• Oregon 14 6 21 7 48
1 2 3 4 Total
• Oregon 11 21 7 0 39
Michigan 7 0 0 0 7
1 2 3 4 Total
Fresno St 6 8 0 7 21
• Oregon 21 21 0 10 52
  • Date: September 15
  • Location: Autzen Stadium, Eugene, Oregon
1 2 3 4 Total
• Oregon 21 3 21 10 55
Stanford 3 28 0 0 31
1 2 3 4 Total
• California 0 3 7 21 31
Oregon 3 7 7 7 24
  • Date: September 29
  • Location: Autzen Stadium, Eugene, Oregon
1 2 3 4 Total
Washington St 0 0 7 0 7
• Oregon 17 23 10 3 53
  • Date: October 13
  • Location: Autzen Stadium, Eugene, Oregon
1 2 3 4 Total
• Oregon 17 7 7 24 55
Washington 7 10 14 3 34

The 2007 Oregon Ducks football team represents the University of Oregon in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Mike Bellotti and played their home games at Autzen Stadium.

The Ducks rose to a national rank of number 2 in the Bowl Championship Series poll, until an injury to star quarterback Dennis Dixon led to defeat at the hands of the Arizona Wildcats on November 15, 2007. The Ducks lost to Arizona 34–24 in that game. They lost the next game to UCLA in Los Angeles as backup quarterback Brady Leaf was also knocked out of the game. The final score was 16–0. Oregon lost the season finale to rival Oregon State on December 1, 2007 by a score of 38–31 in two overtimes. Oregon finished the season at 8–4 and qualified for the 2007 Sun Bowl in El Paso. On December 31, 2007 freshman quarterback Justin Roper, making his first start, passed for 4 touchdowns (tied for a Sun Bowl record) and 180 yards as Oregon crushed the favored South Florida Bulls 56–21. Jonathan Stewart rushed for a Sun Bowl record and career high 253 yards and a touchdown and was named the game's Most Valuable Player. The 56 points scored by the Ducks was a Sun Bowl record. The Ducks finished the 2007 season with a 9–4 record. They finished with a ranking of 23rd in the final Associated Press Poll.

The 2006 Oregon Ducks experienced an incredibly disappointing end to a season last year. After beginning the year with four wins and no losses, and achieving a No. 11 ranking in the AP Poll, the Ducks traveled to Berkeley to face the No. 16 ranked Bears. Unfortunately this game ended in a blowout against the Ducks. The Ducks then went on to win only three of the final eight games, which included a heartbreaking 28–30 loss to the Beavers in which a late Oregon field goal was blocked by the Beavers. The Ducks did play in a bowl game, representing the Pac-10 in the 2006 Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl. The Ducks ended the season with a 38–8 loss to the 20th ranked Brigham Young Cougars.


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